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Giro d’Italia 2026: Filippo Ganna wins time trial, Jonas Vingegaard fails to take pink

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3 months ago

May 19, 2026

Italy’s Filippo Ganna dominated the stage 10 time trial at the Giro d’Italia, with a winning margin of nearly two minutes.

Ganna, 29, of the British Netcompany Ineos Cycling team, beat team-mate Thymen Arensman, of the Netherlands, by one minute 54 seconds, with France’s Remi Cavagna of Groupama-FDJ in third, five seconds further back.

Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, favourite to take the pink jersey for the overall winner in Rome on 31 May, finished 13th, three minutes down.

Two-time Tour de France winner Vingegaard, of Visma-Lease a Bike, failed to take the pink jersey in Massa, near Pisa, as some thought he would. It meant Portugal’s unfancied Afonso Eulalio remained in the leader’s jersey for a sixth day.

Vingegaard, however, gained time on Bahrain-Victorious’ Eulalio, who was 41st on the stage. The Dane sits second overall, just 27 seconds off the lead.

Arensman is third overall, one minute and 57 seconds behind Eulalio.

The 42km time trial – the longest in any Grand Tour for more than a decade – resulted in huge gaps between riders of different abilities, with many gasping for breath as they crossed the line.

Ganna, who was time trial world champion in 2020 and 2021, and was favourite to win on Tuesday, achieved an average speed of 54.921km/h for his team, who announced a new sponsorship deal with Danish data company Netcompany before this three-week race.

The deal restores the once-dominant multiple Tour de France winners as a ‘super team’ in the sport with one of the highest budgets.

“The team did an amazing job over the winter,” said Ganna afterwards. “It’s really nice with a long time trial like this – maybe me and some other guys were a little bit at the limit.

“We hope to enjoy tonight and stay focused for the last 14 days [of the race].”

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Callum Walsh comes through cuts and knockdown to drop Denny and take battling decision victory in Dublin contest | Boxing News

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August 9, 2026

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Callum Walsh maintained his unbeaten record and top contender status with a unanimous decision victory over Tyler Denny.

Denny, a former European champion, is a tough veteran and proved a test for the Irish middleweight at Dublin’s 3Arena.

Walsh prevailed on points, winning 98-91 twice and 96-90.

The bout didn’t progress without its pitfalls as Denny gave him hard rounds.

The first round suddenly went south for Walsh. Awkwardly positioned in front of Denny, he found himself bending low. Denny attacked and Walsh took a shot before slipping to a knee. The referee ruled that a knockdown.

Walsh found the perfect riposte in the second round. As Denny came after him, Walsh launched a lovely arching left cross to the point of the Englishman’s chin, dropping him heavily to the canvas.

Denny, brave as ever, rose and fought on. But Walsh popped up from beneath an attack to land a fine right hook and he finished the round slugging Denny into the ropes.

The Briton shook off the effects of that round and advanced. By the end of the fourth round, Walsh was backing up, letting his southpaw opponent come on but picking out accurate punches to catch Denny.

Walsh maintained his control, moving, hitting and letting Denny work to try to pin him down.

The Briton kept scrapping forward and managed to land solidly in the sixth round.

Denny trudged on swinging wildly, but Walsh manoeuvred well. The Irishman caught Denny to the head with a left-right combination. Denny felt those shots but remained doggedly determined. He cleaved away with uppercuts in close.

The referee took a point off Walsh for holding, before evening up it by taking a point off Denny for hitting behind the head.

Walsh exploded forward with a savage sequence of punches to the head, leaving Denny stranded, standing still on the end of them.

But Walsh emerged from a clash with a cut over his left eye. It bled badly at once. Denny was leaning into him in scrappy collisions and Walsh looked frustrated after picking an additional nick on his cheek.

In the 10th round Walsh landed a great lead right uppercut. Denny got after him with hooks, catching the Irishman with his southpaw left and right.

Another hard left from Walsh though snagged Denny. He couldn’t put the Englishman down a second time but made sure he finished the fight in the ascendancy.

‘I think he broke my orbital bone’

Walsh told Sky Sports: “It was a lot harder than I thought. In the second round we clashed heads. I think he broke my orbital bone. It was crunching the whole time.

“It was very tough. I’m very critical of myself. I should have been a lot better. I wish I could have been better.

“He’s tough, awkward and tricky, but we’ll go again.”

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